Cutler: “They made the decision”

With criticism of Jay Cutler mounting, the Bears quarterback spoke with the media in the locker room after Sunday’s loss in an attempt to explain his disappointing day.

Cutler said he was hopeful he could keep playing, but he was unable to plant and throw because of his knee injury. He said the decision to come out of the game was not his decision.

Coach Lovie Smith echoed that sentiment.

“There was no decision at all,” Smith said. “He was injured. He was hurt and he couldn’t go. The trainers and doctors . . . made that decision.”

Cutler said he was disappointed and that it was a “lonely feeling” to watch the game from the sideline. He “hoped” he wouldn’t require surgery, but didn’t know the extent of the injury. (Center Olin Kreutz thought Cutler had a torn knee ligament, but that may be guesswork at this point.)

A reporter asked Cutler what he thought of all the criticism from other NFL player on Twitter about his toughness.

Sounds like something is up here! Players with real heart don’t just accept the “doctor” saying your done.

No crutches no brace ! One has to wonder

It sounds like it might have been Lovie’s decision but he doesn’t have the stones to own up to it the way Collins played. Haine at least gave them a chance and makes you wonder what brain trust brought Collins in and why was he ahead of Haine on the depth chart!

Not being not a Bear fan, please sign Lovie and Cutler to a big extensions!!!!!!!

rovibe says:
Jan 23, 2011 8:05 PM
What if it’s determined that Cutler suffered an injury requiring surgery and a long rehab? Will all those people calling him soft issue an apology? Probably not. Losers.

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I cannot stand Phillip Rivers, but this Pat’s fan cannot forget his courageous effort in the playoffs a few games ago, with a completely shredded knee.

No doubt HIS trainer and doctor told him to sit down as well ….. Rivers went out there and played his heart out. And HIS knee was CLEARLY shredded. No question about it. He had surgery and a lengthy rehab in the offseason.

So yeah, I’d call Cutler “soft”even if he IS hurt bad enough for surgery.

If this is the best that the Bears can come up with to defend Cutler, it’s piss poor. Sorry.

“They (the doctors) kinda pulled me” is NOT a resounding assertion of a serious injury.

Really depends on what the injury is. Was it a thing about dealing with the pain, or was is something that made it where Cutler could not totally control his knee when he planted it to through? If he cant plant to drill a ball then he’s just throwing up ducks.
So was it too much of a boo-boo, or did it buckle when he tried to throw?

Cutler is a tough guy and as a die hard Bears fan since the Jack Pardee era (look it up, kiddies) I don’t blame him or hold it against him. He likely has a torn lig. We’ll be back.
Green Bay still sucks and will be destroyed by Pittsburgh.

It’s tough when an injury occurs that isn’t graphic and it’s just as serious. Cutler isn’t that great of ab to begin with, through in injured knee ligaments and leaving him in could have gotten the bears beaten by 4 tds.

Collins was the only backup they could get signed last summer. And how does hanie give them a chance when he throws two int’s? The packers tried to give that ge away and the bears still couldn’t take it.

The packers have won 5 must win games in a row against the best teams in the NFC and you still want to claim that they suck? Please, you are embarrassing yourself with the sour grapes. Hate all you want. Packers are your new NFC champions.

I have a problem with Cutler’s poor play in the 1st half. I have a problem with Collins being 2nd string after an unbelievably bad performance in his one game against Carolina. There are several other questionable coaching decisions I have a problem with. But I have no problem with Cutler’s toughness. Billy Volek had to finish that 2007 Divisional game against the Colts after Rivers got hurt. Anyone calling Cutler a Wuss is an idiot. We have the worst offensive line in the NFL and he took 52 sacks and countless hurries and hits and still brought us to the NFC Championship game. Thank you Jay Cutler and the Chicago Bears for a great season. You far exceeded my expectations. Quite honestly we lost to a better team.

Good on you for showing up after the Bears defeat. As to the Packers sucking and getting destroyed by Pittsburgh, well, you said the same thing would happen versus the Bears. Keep up the great prognostication and enjoy the offseason loser!

Cutler does not plant and throw…he hops and throws and backpedals and throws. If he planted and then threw the ball he would eliminate half of the picks he throws. He is a good QB but his mechanics are horrible

Rivers played with a torn ACL…, he could have played if he wanted to. There’s a reason NFL players are calling out Cutler. That said, Hanie showed a lot of guts. That was one hell of a fight, as a Packers fan, I was nervous and thought there would be Hanie magic. Luckily, there wasn’t.

Speaking of lousy prognistication, I’m here so you’re wrong.
Peckers barely beat us with our 3rd string qb! If your qb was out you’d have lost. We lose ours for a full half and all you muster is a 7 point win?
You will lose to the Steelers and embarrass the NFC. You don’t belong in the Super Bowl.

You do realize the Broncos went 3-13 and are drafting second overall, and the Bears went to the playoffs and won a game, right?

I wonder who won that trade.”

If you really think you have a franchise QB there in Cutler, then I dont know what to tell you honestly. Didnt Phillip Rivers play on a completely shredded knee in the playoffs recently? Denver obviously screwed up their picks, but theres no doubt they gave you the second coming of Jeff George. You arent winning a Super Bowl with this guy

First off, Orton has been better than Cutler both seasons since the trade. Secondly, the Broncos did not “bungle” the picks. So far they have Robert Ayers, DeMaryius Thomas, half of Tim Tebow, and Eric Decker t0 show for the deal. Any one of those players will turn out to be better than Cutler.

I’m not a Bears fan by any means. God, no. I’m completely unbiased when it comes to the Broncos and Bears, but Cutler at least got the Bears to the playoffs. The Broncos are 3-4 years away from being competitive at best. I think right now the Bears got the upper hand in the deal, unless Orton stays and leads the Broncos to the playoffs—very doubtful.

To any of you who want to keep mentioning how Rivers played against the Patriots in the 2007 AFC Championship game. Rivers DID NOT FINISH THE GAME HE GOT HURT IN. JUST LIKE CUTLER TODAY, HE CAME OUT OF THE GAME AND THE BACKUP, BILLY VOLEK FINISHED THE GAME.

Even Aikman commented about Cutler not planting on his back foot properly when throwing and the ball sailing high.
If he can’t plant and throw – like Rivers could in the AFCCG then Cutler is an immobile lame duck back there.

they made the decision?
I’m pretty sure that with the possible exception of a head injury a player can overrule the “decision” of the trainers and doctors.
Don’t believe me?
Here’s the proof…

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btw… This was a “meaningless” regular season matchup between the lions and browns.
Not the NFC championship.
Under the circumstances, if he can walk…he shoildve been in the game. The fact that he wasn’t is an indication of his true colors.

if anyone should be embarrassed its lovie smith. This horses _ss lets the guy he traded the teams future on get sacked a record number of times for two years and does nothing to protect him. its clear until he has o.line in front of him jay is going to set more records as the most sacked qb.

Not a Bears or a Cutler fan. But the fact that this guy has lived with diabetes every day for the past 3 years of his live tells me all I need to know. It tells me he is a lot tougher all of you computer tough guys, most of whom have never played a down of professional football or had an illness more serious than a common cold. I would love to see you whiners live one day with diabetes. It isn’t easy. Injuries take longer to heal. An moderate injury to a healthy person can be a serious one to a diabetic. Especially an injured leg.
I had never seen such a group of pathetic losers than I have seen on this site.

Speaking of lousy prognistication, I’m here so you’re wrong.
Peckers barely beat us with our 3rd string qb! If your qb was out you’d have lost.
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You obviously didn’t watch MattFlynn damn near beat the Patriots, did you? After that one game, I’d take Flynn over Cutler ANY day.

I am not one for doubting a player’s toughness but i will call a spade a spade. If he was hurt enough not to play, why is he standing on the sidelines? Did you see him jump around after hanie’s TD pass? Im no doctor but i would imagine that a standing jumping Cutler gives you a better chance to win than either backup QB. He didn’t even seem BOTHERED by the loss.

oxycode says:
Peckers barely beat us with our 3rd string qb! If your qb was out you’d have lost. We lose ours for a full half and all you muster is a 7 point win?
You will lose to the Steelers and embarrass the NFC. You don’t belong in the Super Bowl.

that may be true, except your 3rd string qb played better than your starting qb. what does that tell you about your starting qb?
i hope you dont think the bears would give the steelers a decent fight. the only reason i was cheering for green bay was because i didnt want to watch a 31-10 football game in 2 weeks.

Not that I love having to defend Cutler but the guy was getting his butt kicked behind the bears line for the first half of the season and hung in there. I think he deserves the benefit of the doubt but his notoriously lousy attitude is what makes him a target for some.

Look for Cutler’s agent/ PR agents to spin a story about a “knee injury” though no doctors will have been consulted. He’ll have a “surgery” on an unspecified part of his body and his PR agent will make it sound as if his leg is falling off.

As a Packer, fan I will say one thing. The most guttiest guy out there in the second half was Brian Urlacher. I’m not his biggest fan but that guy knew it was time to lead and it was by example. Caleb Hanie was the second guttiest guy in the second half. That is the truth. The clock couldn’t tick fastest enough for me but those two showed what being a professional is all about.

Everyone gripes about ‘Role Models’ in sports, we saw two for the price of one. Nice job Brian and Caleb. Go Pack go, to victory in Super Bowl XLV.

The trainers made their decision based on the information that CUTLER gave to them. Quit trying to pass the blame to someone else. As much as I hate Favre, at least he has shown the toughness to play through injuries.

Cutler was not playing well when in the game. I thought Hanie did a decent job coming in cold for the Cutler/Collins duo. He threw interceptions, but threw a touchdown and led some nice drives to keep it interesting. I am not a bears fan by any means. Cutler complains a lot and likes to be the victim. After all Cutler thought Ndamukong Suh should have been suspended back in week 13 for pushing him from behind when he was clearly a runner at the time. My point is some QB’s do not have the moxy to lead in playoff games against tough teams when it counts. It has nothing to do with his durability or whether or not he is “a tough guy”. Cutler will never be an Aaron Rodgers or Tom Brady.

“He walked into the huddle, I could see his knee,” Kreutz said. “When you tear a ligament it feels like there is nothing there. It’s like it’s wobbling and it gives out on you. If you don’t have an MCL injury or whatever he has, then you don’t understand.”

This from Olin Kreutz, the longtime lockerroom leader and someone who would have called Cutler out in a second if he thought Cutler quit on his team.

But hey, why let firsthand accounts get in the way, right computer tough guys?

Peyton Manning played part of the 06 AFCCG with a sprained ligament and WITHOUT a thumbnail on his throwing hand. And WON the game, by completing the largest comeback in AFCCG Game history. Said afterward, NO ONE was gonna make him come out.

I have no idea how bad Cutler was/is hurt but, he didn’t look like he made much of an effort to convince anyone to let him back in.

Compare Cutler moping on the sidelines, with headphones on, with Matt Stafford leaping off a gurney and evading medical staff to get back on the field for one more play after trashing his throwing shoulder, so he could close out the game.

I have a problem with Cutler’s poor play in the 1st half. I have a problem with Collins being 2nd string after an unbelievably bad performance in his one game against Carolina. There are several other questionable coaching decisions I have a problem with. But I have no problem with Cutler’s toughness. Billy Volek had to finish that 2007 Divisional game against the Colts after Rivers got hurt. Anyone calling Cutler a Wuss is an idiot. We have the worst offensive line in the NFL and he took 52 sacks and countless hurries and hits and still brought us to the NFC Championship game. Thank you Jay Cutler and the Chicago Bears for a great season. You far exceeded my expectations. Quite honestly we lost to a better team.
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The Bears’ defense got them to the championship game, not Jay Cutler. They were in that game in spite of him.

You know how many injured players there are on the Packers roster? And you still lost to that team? The Bears have been a fluke this whole year, barely winning easy games and GB finally assembled a healthy team that has gelled together.

You had one main injured player with 2 others on IR. GB had 4 starters on IR BEFORE the game, plus 11 others. Don’t even try the “GB only won because we lost a player” card.